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2 unusual facts about Wootten firebox


A. L. Beattie

Baldwin Locomotive Works recommended a camelback design to solve the problem, but Beattie conceived the idea of an enhanced 4-6-0 truck to support a wide Wootten firebox.

Corning train wreck

Meanwhile train No.11, an eight car mail express pulled by a Wootten-type engine, also travelling from Hoboken to Buffalo, departed Elmira at 5.00 a.m.



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